Recipe
January 28, 2015
Roast Chicken With Achiote And Lime
Achiote is a hallmark spice in Cuban food. It’s available at Latin American markets and specialty stores.
Directions
Yield: Serves 6
- Combine achiote paste with lime juice and stir until dissolved. Add remaining marinade ingredients. Divide marinade between two large ziplock plastic bags. Add a chicken to each bag, close and massage to work marinade all over and inside chicken. Marinate in fridge at least 6 hours and up to 14 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 °F. Combine baste in a pot over low heat until melted.
- Remove chickens from marinade and place on a rack in a roasting pan. Discard remaining marinade, removing any pieces of onion and garlic from chicken. For each chicken, bend wings behind back and tuck them under body and tie legs together with kitchen twine. Season chickens all over with salt and pepper. Roast 60 to 75 minutes, basting with melted butter mixture every 15 minutes, or until cooked through and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thighs reads 175 °F. Remove from oven, transfer to a warmed platter, cover loosely with foil and let rest 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, to make sauce, spoon out all but 2 tbsp fat from roasting pan. Place roasting pan on stovetop over medium heat. Add chicken stock and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Boil several minutes or until slightly reduced. Stir in lime juice. Serve over chicken.